‘A 3-month, home-based exercise program successfully reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety in women with postpartum depression, said at the 26th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA).
The benefits of an exercise program were greater in those women who had higher initial depressed mood scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), […]
‘Investigators have found that about 25 per cent of patients with diabetes have symptoms of depression, confirming the relationship between these two conditions.
Rates of depression were similar across ethnic groups but there were significant differences in the use of depression treatment across groups.
Dr Mary de Groot, of Ohio University, Athens, and colleagues examined rates of […]
‘Chocoholics can happily eat chocolate for pleasure, but for those who are stressed and clinically depressed, the high is short-lived and chocolate may even deepen the downer, a review shows.
The findings, which will be published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, fly in the face of the myth that chocolate is an antidepressant.
The analysis, which […]
‘Escitalopram prevents relapse in patients with anxiety or depression, according to a review of 3 double-blind, placebo-controlled studies presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA).
The risk of relapse was statistically significantly lower in patients treated with escitalopram than with placebo across the spectrum of affective disorders studied, said […]
‘Chinese teens who think of themselves as fat, even if they were normal or underweight, are at a greater risk for depression and school-related stress, a new USC study has found.
Girls who said they were overweight reported an overall grade point average of 3.06 versus 3.20 for other girls, according to the study of nearly […]
‘A new study published in the current issue of Personnel Psychology finds that supervisors engage in more abusive behavior when they perceive that the organization they work for is using unfair decision-making to allocate valued resources. If a company doesn’t seem neutral or respectful when distributing benefits and other attractive incentives, the boss may become […]
‘A new study shows that when patients with major depression fail to respond to a course of Celexa (citalopram) or cannot tolerate its side effects, approximately one third of those whose treatment is augmented with either bupropion (Wellbutrin) or Buspar (buspirone) will experience a remission of their depression. If they are instead switched to Wellbutrin, […]
‘Curing depression in mothers can also rid their children of problems such as anxiety and aggressive behavior, a study said on Tuesday.
“The bottom-line message is: Mothers who are depressed, go get treated for your depression. It will help not only you, but your child,” said A. John Rush of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical […]
‘Stroke patients who partake in a therapeutic exercise program may experience a reduction in depressive symptoms, according to the results of a study published the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Along with physical disability, depression is common in stroke patients, Dr. Sue-Min Lai, of the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, and colleagues point […]
‘Only about two-thirds of depressed people feel better from taking antidepressant medication. Currently, doctors have no way of knowing who is likely to benefit from what drug. But now researchers have identified a gene variant that appears to enhance the odds of benefiting from antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It’s “a step […]